Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
IN CHICAGO.

Thousand Strong Meet and Escort the
Party TO Their Hotel Through Dense
masses OF Enthusiastic Citizens.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-President Cleveland
and party arrived in this CITY at 9:l0 a. m,
The run from st. Louis was an exception
ally smooth one. not a pause being neces-
sary, owing to the fact that passenger
trains were side-tracked ten and freights
fifteen minutes before the special train
was due.
The Twenty-third Street depot, at which
the President alighted from the train, was
totally devoid of decorations, not a
streamer of red white and blue or even q
little flag fluttered in the breeze.
The people began gathering at the little
depot about eight O'Clock, and when the
distinguished guests arrived there was a
crowd in the vicinity. As the wheels of
the Presidents train ceased rolling, the
guns of Light Battery F Fourth United
States Artillery, Numbered military well
come of thirteen guns, and cheer after
cheer went mp from the assembled thou
sands.
The reception committee, consisting of
Mayor Roche, Governor Oglesby, General
A. ii. Terry, U. s. A; Congressman Dun
ham, Adams, Lawler and Mason, Judges
Blodgett and Gresham and Collector See
tlemen were introduced to the President
and Mrs. Cleveland by Colonel Lamont.
When President Cleveland appeared upon
the platform of the car, another cheer, al
most deafening in its volume, blended
with the booming of the cannon.
The President was accompanied to the
first carriage where he was seated facing
Mayor Roche and Governor Ogiesby.
This carriage was drawn by four splendid
horses with postillions. The other menu
bers of the Presidents party and of the
carriages and led by the company of
cavalry and, Chief of Police Ebersold and
staff, all mounted, the party drove rapid
1y to Michigan avenue.
When the Presidential party reached
Thirty fifth street the carriage took its
place in line, and after short delay the
procession started. The procession was
large, it being estimated that there were
nearly thirty thousand men in line. The
chief marshal, General Charles Fitzsim
mons, with his aides, escorted by cavalry,
headed the line, and then followed the
Presidents carriage. Ia the carriage
with the President were Mayor Roche and
Postmaster-G General Villas. The other
members of the presidential party and
the reception committee followed in car
riages, and succeeding them were four
companies of the Twenty third Infantry,
u. s. A; First and Second Regiment,
Illinois National Guards; Troop I, First
Cavalry, u. S. A; Milwaukee Light
Horse Squadron; Cleveland City Troops;
Light Battery F, Fourth Artillery, U. s.
A.; Chicago Lancers, and sailors and ma
rines from the United States steamer
Michigan.
Aftert the military display there followed
detail from the fire department, various
Grand Army posts, veteran soldiers and
sailors, veterans of the Seventh New York
Regiment, several city rifles corps, Knights
of Pythias, Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
lea, Ancient Order United Workmen,
gioeLn of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Thirteenth
Ward Cotored Democratic Club, County
Democracy, Society of French Canadians,
Independent Order of Foresters and nu-
merous social and industrial organiza-
tions.
The route of the procession covered the
finest portion of the center of the city.
Everywhere along the route the streets
were denseiy crowded with people who
greeted the distinguished guests in the
most cordial and enthusiastic manner.
Spanning Monroe street just east of
State street is the triumphal arch under
which the procession passes. The arch
rests on two upright square columns
which rise from the sidewalk to a height
of thirty feet. These columns are covered
with bunting representing the American
flag with the stars on the capitals just
below the pyramidaI apex. Each face of
the column is draped by crossed flags and
ON the panels lower down are golden
shields each of which bears the name of
Territory. Thirty-elght golden stars, each
representing the State whose name it
T. c1,t . ,ol,
side to side, and in the center of the span
is representation of the arms of the
United States, forming a support for
marble bust of Columbia. Pendant from
the center of the arch, by ropes of smilax,
is q bust OF Washington, on each side of
which is a scroll that bears the inscription
president of the United States" Belo,,
this in white letters is the word "Wel
come"
The business houses along State street
are tastefully and, in some cases, elab
orately decorated. A State street estab.
lishment has exhausted the means of out
side decorations in its embellishments.
Hundreds of flags f1utter from the win
dows, and the middle of the building is a
large portrait of the President, with the
legend, "Welcome to Chicago" The large
show windows have been set with his
torical scenes. In one George Washing
ton appears in the costume and attitude
so well known from the picture, "Crossing
the Delaware" In the next is General
Grant in full uniform, infantrymen
with grounded arms being on either side.
In the next window is a good likeness of
President Cleveland and his wife.
The main feature of all the decorations
Is the American flag and its colors in all
possibilities of combination, mingled
with pictures of the chief magistrate and
the first lady of of land.
When the head of the procession reached
the reviewing stand on Michigan avenue,
the President and party left their car
riages and took seats on the stand to re-
view the line. At the conclusion of the
parade, Mayor Roche made brief speech
of welcome to the President, who made
q happy response.
At the conclusion of the Presidents
speech he was taken to the Palmer House,
where suite of elegantly-furnished rooms
had been prepared for his use. This after
noon the President and Mrs. Cleveland
held public reception at the Palmer
House from two to six o'clock, and this
evening there will be a reception at CO.
lumbia TheateI.
Fastidious Folly.
ST. PAUL. Oct. 5.-One of the features
of the proposed programme for the recep-
tion of the President and his wife was
the selection of one hundred and fifty